Ruling apparatus.



Witwmow .No. 852,430. PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

W. L. GOODMAN. i

RULING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILBD'DEO. 15, 1906.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

RULING APPARATUS- Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented May 7, 1907.

Application filed December 15, 1906. Serial No. 348,068-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. Goon- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ruling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Myinvention relates to improvements in ruling apparatuses for the ruling of straight lines, usually with ink on paper; and the objects of my improvements are; first, to provide a ruling apparatus in which any suitable self feeding or fountain pen can be used, and be supplied with ink from a comparatively large reservoir; second, to provide means, whereby the flow of ink, from said reservoir, through said pen, may be instantly started, thus overcoming the clogging and stopping of said flow, caused by sediment in said ink, or by evaporation and encrusting of same, third, to so arrange and construct the parts of a ruling apparatus, that they shall be simple, durable, and cheap in cost of manufacture; fourth, to provide means, whereby the lines ruled, may be placed and drawn with the utmost speed and accuracy fifth, to provide means, whereby the lines, ruled, may easily and quickly be adjusted to any desired width:-I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which z- Figure 1. is a transverse section, cut on the line X X, seen in Fig. 2. Fig. 2. is a side view of my invention. Fig. 3. is a top plan of one of the various forms in which my invention may be constructed.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, my invention consists of an ink reservoir 1, provided with cap, 1 having an elastic upper part, 1", a carriage, 2, upon which one end of said reservoir is secured by hinge, 3, and is provided with lug, 4, formed therewith. The free end of reservoir, 1, is adapted to be raised by spring 5, retained in place by guide screw 5, and has its downward travel, adjusted by adjusting screw, 6. In the reservoir, 1, is screwed the L shaped hollow pen holder, 7, secured in place, at any desired angle, by lock-nut 8.WVasher 9, preferably of leather, prevents leakage of ink, (not shown) at the point where pen-holder 7, is screwed into reservoir 1. Fountain pen, 10, is preferably telescoped in the lower end of holder 7. Carriage 2 travels on the inverted V Way, 12,

and is guided thereby, and also travels on flat way 13, preferably formed with piece 1 1, provided with slot 15, in which travels screw 16, screwed into carriage 2 and passing through retainer 17, for the slidable retention of carriage 2, on the ways 12 and 13.Pointer 11 is secured on carriage 2, in any substantial manner.

I11 the operation of my invention, cap 1 is removed from reservoir 1, which is filled with any desired color, or kind of ink, (not shown,) after which, said cap is replaced; pointer 11 and pen 10 are used as gages, whereby to properly place the piece 14, on surface 18, on which a line (not shown) is to be ruled. The free end of reservoir 1 is manually pressed downward until lug 4 rests on screw 6, which has previously been adjusted to obtain the desired pressure of pen 10 on surface 18; after which carriage 2 is drawn along and upon the ways 12 and 13, and upon reaching the end of said line, said pressure is removed from reservoir 1, the free end of which, is thereupon raised by spring 5; after which the before described operation may be repeated, and lines be ruled on any desired place or places, on surface 18.

It will be understood, that the described ruled lines, may be made of any desired width, by screwing the adjusting screw 6 as follows; for wider lines, said screw is lowered, and in the operation of ruling, as described, the ordinary pen 10 is thereby adjusted to operate at a lower point, which thus increases the pressure of said penon the surface 18, which pressure causes the points of said pen to spread and make a wider line, in the usual well known manner: while raising of screw 6 acts reversely on pen 10, thereby adjusting said pen for the ruling of narrower lines. It will be further understood, that the pen 1O raised from surface 18 by the spring 6, acting under lug 4; which raises the free end of reservoir 1, having its opposite end hinged to carriage 2 by hinge 3,) is moved upward by means which act promptly and smoothly thus avoiding all blotting and slurring of the ends of said ruled lines, and that the V way 12 and flat way 13, provide ways that are at all times self adjusting to the carriage 2, adapted to travel thereon, thus avoiding the binding of said carriage by reason of tightness, and the wavering of said carriage arising from loosencss, where said carriage travels between ways for the guidance of same: thus I provide means whereby said ruled lines may be drawn with the utmost freedom speed and accuracy.

Since any color or kind of ink, (not shown), may be used in reservoir 1, it is evident that the described ruling apparatus may be used in the same manner and for the various purposes for which the ordinary, well known straight edge and ordinarypen are used, such as the ruling of blank books, blanks and the red ink ruling, so commonly done in the art of book keeping, and the like; and that by the use of my invention, the same may be done with the utmost accuracy and speed.

WVhen the pen 10 becomes clogged by reason of sediment in ink, (not shown,) or from evaporation of said ink, the flow of said ink may be instantly started by manually pressing the flexible top part, 1', of cap, 1 which compresses the air, (not shown,) over said ink, in reservoir 1, and thereby forces said ink, outward, from reservoir 1, through holder 7 and pen 10.

While I have shown and described my invention, in the foregoing manner, it is evident that the parts of my invention could be made of such various forms, as would adapt the same to a variety of uses, Without departing from the spirit of my invention; one of such forms is shown in Fig. 3., in which the blade 14 of an ordinary T square, is shown as the equivalent of the piece 14 seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and in which 145, is the head of the 'T square.Other forms, than the ones shown, such as parallel rules, etc., could also be constructed, and I reserve the right so to do. It is also obvious, that any desired pen or ruling pen, of proper size and form, could be inserted in holder 7, and be used instead of the pen 10.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a ruling apparatus, a piece, having ways of the formdescribed, thereon; a carriage, adapted to travel on said ways and be guided thereby; a reservoir having one of its ends hinged to said carriage and its free end provided with a hollow pen holder adapted to hold a pen and to convey ink from said reservoir to said pen, and means for raising the free end of said reservoir.

2. In a ruling apparatus, a piece having ways of the shape described formed therewith; a carriage adapted to travel on and be guided by said ways; a reservoir, having one of its ends hinged to said carriage, and its free end provided with a lug; a spring for raising said lug, and a guiding screw for guiding said lug and for retaining said spring in place a hollow pen holder communicatively secured in the free end of said reservoir and adapted to hold a pen and to convey ink from said reservoir to said pen.

3. In a ruling apparatus, a piece having the described ways formed therewith; a carriage, adapted to travel on said ways and be guided thereby a reservoir having one of its ends hinged to said carriage and its Iree end provided with a lug formed therewith a spring for raising said lug, a guiding screw for guiding said lug and retaining said spring in place an adjusting screw for adjusting the downward travel of said lug; a hollow penholder adjustably secured in the free end of said reservoir and adapted to hold a pen and to convey ink from said reservoir to said pen.

4. In a ruling apparatus, an ink reservoir, movably secured on a slidable carriage; a suitably shaped hollow pen holder, adapted to detachably hold a fountain pen in the lower end thereof adjustable securing means, for adjustably securing-the upper end of said pen holder in said reservoir, and a flexible washer, for preventing leakage of ink through said securing means.

5. In a ruling apparatus, the combination with a piece, having the described ways formed therewith and provided with a slot therethrough, as shown of the described carriage adapted to travel 011 said ways and be guided thereby, and carry a reservoir for ink, a hollow penholder communicatively secured in said reservoir and adapted to removably hold a pen and to convey ink from said reservoir to said pen, together with securing means in said slot for slidably securing said carriage on sald ways.

6. In a ruling apparatus, the combination with a drawing instrument, of a piece, having 100 ways of the forms shown, formed therewith, and a carriage, adapted to travel on said ways and be guided thereby; a reservoir, having one of its ends hinged to said carriage and its free end provided with a hollow penholder, adjustably secured in said reservoir, and adapted to detachably hold a pen, and to convey ink from said reservoir to said pen.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIANI L. GOODMAW. Witnesses:

AMos WV. RILEY, JosEPH O. IVIANNING 

